Graduate of the study program Analytical Chemistry: • has a systematic, integrated and comprehensive set of knowledge in the field of analytical chemistry, including knowledge and understanding of relations to other parts of the field and relevant fields • has a deep theoretical knowledge and methodological basis that enables him to carry out independent research based on the principles of sustainable development • is characterized by analytical thinking, in which he/she can identify trends and define priorities in the development of new analytical methods and procedures • is competent to evaluate and appropriately select specific scientific methods of basic and applied research in the field of analytical chemistry • has deep expertise and knowledge of theories, sophisticated methods and procedures at a level corresponding to international criteria and applies them in the development of separation, electroanalytical and spectrometric methods • has comprehensive knowledge of various methods of analytical chemistry, which can be effectively combined and applied in solving analytical problems • is allowed to use the acquired competences to carry out research and development and gain cognition in monitoring of the food quality and safety, the environment and diagnosing of the population health • has the capacity necessary for the development and implementation of new analytical methods • distinguishes how to utilize the acquired abilities to create obligatory and standardized analytical procedures • is familiar with the sampling methods and is able to prepare sampling plans to fulfill the prescribed purpose • is qualified to apply modern separation, electroanalytical and spectral methods for targeted and non-targeted analysis of complex samples • has knowledge in the field of trace analysis and can design a method for analytical determination of compounds in ultra-trace concentration levels • manages the work in specific software needed to control the devices, evaluation of measured data, their statistical processing and development of analytical methods • has a comprehensive overview of the requirements for quality management systems in analytical laboratories • has broad knowledge of statistical methods applied in quality management systems, validation parameters of analytical methods as well as calculation of uncertainties of analytical measurements, is able to validate analytical methods • understands advanced methods of statistical data processing and their use in solving tasks of scientific research and practice • is able to assess and interpret the quality of measured data and propose an effective solution to increase quality • is competent to prepare a professional presentation in a world language based on own scientific results • is able to set up an effective motivational system for bachelor and master students and create an inspiring, creative and supportive work atmosphere • proves to objectively discuss the issues that have arisen and convince others of the appropriate way to solve them.
Graduate of the study program Analytical Chemistry: • is able to evaluate theories, concepts and innovations, he/she applies own findings resulting from theoretical analysis and own scientific research of a complex and interdisciplinary nature • creates and formulates new hypotheses, judgments and strategies for further development of analytical chemistry • has critical, independent, analytical and synthetic thinking, which applies in unpredictable, changing conditions • is able to appropriately design, implement and modify a substantial part of basic and applied research • leads or participates in the management of partial tasks in solving scientific research tasks of basic and applied chemical research • allows to critically analyze, evaluate and prepare new and complex concepts in the field of environmental monitoring, food quality and safety, disease diagnosis • is able to assess the suitability of analytical methods for solving problems in the field of environmental monitoring, food quality and safety, disease diagnosis • is capable of designing methods for sampling, treatment and testing of chemical samples, as well as samples of the environment, food and biological fluids • is able to utilize the acquired knowledge in the implementation of modern effective analytical methods and procedures for checking the reliability and efficiency of technological processes • is creative and skilled in the preparation and implementation of a new chemical experiment • knows to draw conclusions from information obtained using modern instrumentation and has knowledge and skills in techniques installed at other workplaces abroad • implements and effectively manages a quality management system in analytical, testing and calibration laboratories according to the requirements of ISO 17025 • is able to develop new analytical methods to meet all requirements for analytical results • applies modern approaches in analytical chemistry with the minimization of financial costs • is capable of publishing the results of scientific activities in domestic and foreign scientific journals in reputable indexed databases • is qualified to create professional texts, scientific and professional contributions and monographs, teaching texts and university scripts • is competent to apply the results of scientific and developmental activities in the teaching process • is prepared to lead students in the elaboration of bachelor's and master's theses, prepares referee reports for bachelor's and master's theses • is able to lecture selected chapters in study programs at the first and second level of university study and leads the interpretation of the new issues as well as adapts it to the abilities of students • is qualified to organize and lead seminars and practical exercises in study programmes at the first and second level of university study and motivates students to be interested in acquiring knowledge in a given subject
Graduate of the study program Analytical Chemistry: • has a cognitive understanding of the principles of sustainable development in relation to social issues and actively promotes the principles of sustainable development • is a leading figure in his/her scientific field • supports technical and social progress • takes into account social, scientific and ethical aspects when formulating research intentions and interpreting research results • is able to monitor, analyze, implement and manage new practices that contribute to resource efficiency and/or environmental protection and/or environmental management • coordinates domestic and international projects, plans activities and project solution schedule, is responsible for results and innovations • effectively organizes team work and is responsible for team results • is creative in solving research projects with regard to its professional focus • presents the results of its work in the scientific community at domestic and international conferences • coordinates the overall activities of analytical, testing, calibration laboratories • decides on the strategy of sampling, analytical determinations and evaluation of results within domestic and international monitoring of the environment, food quality and safety, air as well as human biomonitoring • coordinates the introduction of new and non-standard procedures into control analytical activities • prepares, presents, defends and expresses expert opinions for law enforcement authorities • performs technically and technologically highly professional activities at the level of the Financial Directorate of the Slovak Republic in the field of expertise laboratory and analytical activities for the purposes of applying tax and customs regulations by individual financial administration bodies • organizes educational activities for institutions and employees of other organizations and leads professional lectures at these events • identifies the training needs of subordinates • is able to design progressive techniques and methods of study necessary for the acquisition of comprehensive knowledge and the development of intellectual skills • is competent to scientifically assess the situation, proposes innovative strategies and solutions to increase the effectiveness of the study • continues to learn throughout life, understands the process of lifelong learning comprehensively and is able to improve and develop it in a creative way in the areas of research, development and innovation • with own originality of thinking and creation brings unusual decisions, uncommon solutions, revolutionary discoveries, visions and a new view of the world • divergent thinking prevails in his/her mind, which is characterized by the creation of alternatives, hypotheses, consideration of possibilities, search and design of new approaches and solutions • has the ability to identify and formulate a problem, search and compare options for its solution and select the optimal variant • is able to take into account the ethical dimension when making decisions and solving problems • is able to justify and explain the decisions taken to superiors and subordinates and is responsible for the decisions • performs measurements, interprets the results obtained, assesses compliance and non-compliance as well as compliance of products with standardized parameters.
The D-ACH study program prepares a graduate who is employed in job positions requiring a third-level university degree. The graduate of the doctoral study program preferably finds employment in positions corresponding to the degree of study (Slovak Qualification Framework SKKR 8). The graduate with his/her knowledge and skills reflecting modern trends in analytical chemistry, including sampling and sample treatment, analytical methods, evaluation and interpretation of measured data, is enforced in research and development, where it is necessary to apply and spread knowledge in the development and application of analytical methods in food quality and safety, the environmental monitoring and diagnosing the health of the population. The graduate is able to perform the professions listed in above mentioned point 2b. The graduate of this doctoral study program can be employed in all countries of the European Union in research and development and control laboratories at universities, in the research area as well as in control and inspection laboratories in the environmental, food, forensic, toxicological and clinical analysis. He/she finds application in the chemical, pharmaceutical or food industries in jobs requiring a third/second university degree. He/she is also competent to work in the development and sale of analytical solutions, in the production, storage and sale of advanced instrumentation, various chemical preparations, materials and chemicals and the support of these products in the form of a consultant, application and development consultant. The graduate can form his/her focus on one of the methodological areas of analytical chemistry - chromatographic, electrochemical and spectral, or some application areas such as environmental protection, air control, water quality control, drinking water treatment, food authentication, food safety, health protection and promotion, forensic and toxicological analysis, public health and civil protection by choosing the topic of scientific work and dissertation project. According to information published by the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic, which in cooperation with the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Republic and the Institute of Information and Prognoses of Education prepares an overview of the graduate unemployment rate (AMN) of individual universities according to the study fields, it is evident that a graduate of technical chemistry institutions and departments at STU in Bratislava represents a minority share in unemployment statistics and generally also points to almost zero numbers of unemployed graduates of the third degree of study in Slovakia. A graduate of the D-ACH study program quickly and easily gets a job in the field of their employment. In general, he/she successfully establishes in positions and during several years of practice he/she also develops a career in leading positions in companies, private companies, or promotes himself in the creation of new companies, where he/she participates in creating new graduates. Many graduates proceed in positions at various universities to develop analytical chemistry programs. We state this on the basis of examples of employees mentioned in point 3b, where we present examples of graduates in the position of operations director in an internationally operating company with responsibility for 6 countries, examples of graduates who work as senior specialists and experts in research institutions, while they are regularly interested in the possibility of employing our new graduate and subsequently also employ many graduates. We also demonstrate an example of a successful graduate at a foreign university, where he/she is currently working as an associate professor. There is a plenty of examples of D-ACH graduates at the home university, working in various levels of management (Head of Institute, Deputy of Institute, Member of the Academic Senate, Member of the Scientific Board) and also in positions as Professor, Associate Professor or Researcher. D-ACH graduates have found employment and progress in their careers at other Slovak universities also in positions such as Dean, Professor, Associate Professor and others.
Graduate of the study program Analytical Chemistry can be employed as: Specialist in control, hygiene, quality and safety in the food industry Analytical chemist Laboratory diagnostics in laboratory and diagnostic methods in clinical genetics Assistant Professor Professor Chemical specialist in research and development Quality management specialist in chemical production Manager in chemical and pharmaceutical production Environmental protection specialist in industrial production Air protection specialist Water quality control specialist Specialist for the protection of watercourses State administration specialist for chemical substances and preparations Public health specialist in health promotion and health education Member of the Police Force of the Department of Criminalistic-Expertise Activities Member of the Financial administration of the Customs laboratory department
Ing. Tibor Hevesi, PhD., Operations Director CEE, Intersnack, Praha, Czech Republic Ing. Adriána Ferancová, PhD., Associate Professor, Measurement Technology Unit, Kajaani University Consortium, University of Oulu Ing. Andrea Štecová, PhD., Financial Directorate of SR, Customs Laboratory mjr. Ing. Jana Karchňáková, PhD., Senior Expert, KEÚ PZ, Bratislava Ing. Mária Marková, PhD., Environmental Specialist, Volkswagen Slovakia, a.s. Ing. Milena Dömötörová, PhD., Public Health Specialist, ÚVZ SR Ing. Ľubomír Machyňák, PhD., Quality Assurance Manager, Qualified Person, Mikrochem s.r.o. Ing. Jaroslav Katrlík, PhD., Head of the Laboratory of Biochips and Microarrays at the Department of Glycobiotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, SAS Ing. Kristína Poláčková PhD., Currency Preparation Expert, National Bank of Slovakia
Employers evaluate knowledge, skills and competencies across a wide range of application practice, they see the graduate as a worker able to creatively apply theoretical knowledge to solve specific problems and challenges in the field of analytical chemistry and related chemical disciplines. Thanks to their broad-spectrum scientific knowledge and technical perspectives, they are able to apply themselves in various fields in the chemical, pharmaceutical or food industries, which allow them to work in jobs requiring a third-level university degree. The quality of the study programme is undoubtedly enhanced by close cooperation between the faculty and industrial partners and research institutions aimed at ensuring that students are already confronted with the challenges they will face in their future employment. In this regard, an important partner of the FCHPT, which regularly, usually twice a year, provides feedback from employers, is the Industrial Board of the FCHPT and its individual members representing the most important industrial partners in the chemical and food industries. These are, for example, JUDr. Silvia Karásiková, Personnel Director, Duslo a.s., Šaľa, Ing. Martin Dzivák, Production Director, Zeocem a.s., Bystré, doc. Ing. Dr. Peter Vrábel, Production and technical director, Rona, a.s., Lednické Rovne, Ing. Dávid Šariský, Manager of Dept. technology and innovations, Chemosvit Folie a.s., Svit, Ing. Ľudevít Paulíny, General Director, Aluprint s.r.o., Vrútky, Ing. Jozef Šesták, CSc., Managing Director, Research Institute of Textile Chemistry - Chemitex s.r.o., Žilina. For the field of chemical engineering and technology are Ing. Vladimír Krajči, Production director, Mondi SCP a.s., Ružomberok, Alžbeta Grácová, Director of the Human Resources Department, Slovnaft a.s., Ing. Peter Plekanec, Executive Vice President, Association of Industrial Ecology in Slovakia, Trenčín. For the field of food technologies and biotechnologies, they are Ing. Ján Durec, PhD., Director of Research and Development, Mc Carter a.s., Bratislava, Ing. Dušan Janíček, Director for External Relations, Slovenské cukrovary s.r.o., Sereď, Ing. Peter Novoroľník, Production Director, RAJO a.s., Bratislava, Klaudia Sokolová, HR Manager, Mecom Group s.r.o., Ing. Miroslav Havlík, Director, Evonik Fermas s.r.o., Slovenská Ľupča, Ing. Martin Minárik, Director, Axxence Slovakia s.r.o., Ing. Marian Lesanský, Director, PreVaK s.r.o., Stará Turá. For the field of biochemical and pharmaceutical industry are RNDr. Richard Hercek, Head of API Plant, Saneca Pharmaceuticals a.s., Hlohovec and Ing. Branislav Brežný, General Director, Research Institute of Chemical Technologies a.s., Bratislava. High-quality training in the field of laboratory skills is emphasized by employers with the graduate's ability to face various technical problems and find suitable solutions, the ability to work independently as well as in a team. It is also welcome to educate the graduate in the field of soft skills, the acquisition of which is part of several compulsory and optional subjects. Among employers of graduates of the Analytical Chemistry program is also included the Institute of Forensic Science (IFS), whose Director states in a letter (Appendix 1) that the experience of IFS employees and managers shows that a graduate of the Analytical Chemistry FCHPT STU in Bratislava has outstanding professional knowledge and technical skills at the level of specialists, which are necessary for the application in the position of expert, in the performance of professional and expert activities in the scientific field of criminology, in the fields of forensic chemistry, forensic toxicology and forensic fire chemistry. The graduate of this study program has a broad overview of basic and advanced analytical methods, is creative in finding and proposing solutions, can design and create new standard procedures, presents and defends the results, for example in court proceedings, correctly assesses the situation in the laboratory, proposes alternative working procedures, creates working hypotheses and subsequently verifies them. Undoubtedly, one of the graduate's strengths is their practical experience from laboratory exercises and professional practices, which perfectly complement their theoretical knowledge. According to the Director of the institute, IFS has long-term excellent experience with a graduate of the study program Analytical Chemistry at FCHPT STU in Bratislava, either as managers of the institute, employees - experts of the institute, applicants for work at the institute, or also students in professional practice. IFS considers the study program Analytical Chemistry to be one of the best study programs in the preparation of a chemical engineer for forensic practice. The standpoint of the State Geological Institute of Dionýz Štúr states that graduates who have applied for the position of researcher have knowledge and overview of basic and advanced analytical methods, easily learn new methods and are creative in designing solutions for the development of new analytical methods. Although, there are currently various more complex and simpler analytical instruments on the market, knowledge of basic analytical chemistry - the relationship between elements and compounds must be controlled by the analytical chemist, he/she must recognize the mutual interferences of analytes in a given matrix. It is not always about knowledge, but it is necessary to have good analytical thinking. This is what the study of analytical chemistry provides. Feedback was also provided by the Water Research Institute, according to this opinion the graduates of the study program Analytical Chemistry are well prepared to perform the required tests in a regulated environment after a short training. They are educated in basic and advanced analytical methods, creative in designing solutions and know how to implement new procedures. They are able to propose working hypotheses and then test and verify them. They can present and defend the obtained results. They understand the issues of ultratrace analysis, can assess the situation in the laboratory and suggest alternatives. They are ready to advance in career growth and are able to work on management and organizational work, such as Ing. Kirchner, PhD. - Deputy Director of the NRL, Member of the WG Chemicals working group for the implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive. Among other graduates of the study program Analytical Chemistry working at Water Research Institute Ing. Bednarikova, PhD. and Ing. Okšová, who work with LC-MS techniques. Water Research Institutestates that in comparison with graduates of other fields of study in chemistry and technology, the main advantage of analytical chemists consists in their in-depth knowledge of the theoretical foundations of processes used in analytical methods and their application in laboratory practice, interpretation of results of assays and last but not least quality management in testing laboratories. From the experience with graduates they see the main shortcomings in laboratory analytical practice and weak knowledge in the field of chromatography in graduates of fields other than Analytical Chemistry and in the longer term they also see a decline in education of basic analytical chemistry and its replacement by more general subjects that are unusable in practice.This is not the case for regulated professions
